A String of Pearls

Below is the poem entitled A String of Pearls which was written by poet
Carrie
Richards. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.

A String of Pearls

The amber moon, through window glass
like time itself, looks much the same
Some things have changed, some things remain
Moonlight recalls... wind calls her name
Her silken hair, her porcelain neck
the strand of pearls, a diamond clasp
I find them now, within my hand
With envy now, moonlight comes in
Covetously, it fondles rows
of tiny orbs, which, one by one
are miracles, with moons, within
I hold the pearls within my palm
and think of old Glenn Miller songs
and mother dancing long ago
She wore them like another skin
back, long before my life began
A grain of sand, then pearl becomes
A part of her, .... a part of me
So fragile, weak the thread is bare
as if the sun might gaze too long
a tarried glaze, the string would fray
and pearls would fall and roll away
Perhaps such things meant to be
Each miracle, has just a while
Glenn Miller songs have come and gone
I'll put away the pearls for now
so moon can own the night again
____________________________________________
Carrie Richards
To hear Glenn Miller's rendition of "String of Pearls" click on the following youtube site:...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY4gUhFVNfE

Carrie....geesh I don't even know where to start. Well, how about I just say that not only is this an amazing piece...but the last stanza took it to a whole different plane in time! This is wonderful Carrie.

And you didn't know I was a big band fan--was wondering if anyone would pick up on Miller's String of Pearls--But you also trumped it with Moonlight Serenade and love your last 2 lines as a perfect finale!